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   December 2009

2010 REALTORS® Commercial Alliance -
Kansas City Board of Directors
 

The roster of the Board of Directors of the REALTORS® Commercial Alliance of KCRAR is listed below and posted online here. For future reference throughout the year, please refer to the online list and contact any Board Member with comments, suggestions or concerns.

 
Jon Hitchcock, CCIM                                                       

President, Term through 2011

LaSala-Sonnenberg Commercial Realty

913-362-1000

jon@lasala-sonnenberg.com


Rick Chamberlain, SIOR

President-elect - Term through 2011

Zimmer Real Estate Services

816-474-2000

rchamberlain@zimmercos.com

 

Mary Riley-Cheek, SIOR

Treasurer - Term through 2011

Colliers Turley Martin Tucker

816-221-2200

mrileycheek@ctmt.com


Walt Clements, CCIM, MRCM

Immediate Past-president, Term through 2010

Grubb & Ellis/The Winbury Group

816-556-1180

wclements@winbury.com

 

Jason Allen, CCIM

Term through 2011

Dean Realty Co.

816-531-0800

jallen@deanrealtyco.com

 

Stephanie Baldwin

Term through 2012

Colliers Turley Martin Tucker

816-221-2200

stephanie.baldwin@ctmt.com

 

Aaron Mesmer, CCIM

Term through 2011

Block Real Estate Services, LLC

816-412-5858

amesmer@blockllc.com

 

Erik Murray

Term through 2011

Point Commercial

913-948-7668

emurray@pointcommercial.com

 

Tom O'Leary

Term through 2010

Lane 4 Property Group

816-268-9101

toleary@lane4group.com

 

Susan L. Smith

Term through 2012

Zimmer Real Estate Services

816-474-2000

ssmith@zimmercos.com

 

Joe Vaught

Term through 2012

The Vaught Group

913-299-4400

joe@vaughtgroup.com

 

Janet Wilkerson

Term through 2012

Invest Commercial Real Estate

913-681-2000

janet@investcre.com

 


Welcome to the RCA-KC Board! 

The REALTORS® Commercial Alliance - Kansas City is pleased to welcome four new members to the 2010 Board of Directors. Next time you see any of them, please thank these members for their volunteer service!


Stephanie Baldwin     Susan Smith      Joe Vaught      Janet Wilkerson

 Stephanie Baldwin            Susan L. Smith           Joe Vaught, SIOR     Janet Wilkerson, CCIM
Colliers Turley Martin Tucker    Zimmer Real Estate Svs.        The Vaught Group, LLC       INVEST Commercial 
                                                                                                                                                   Real Estate, LLC

 

Commercial Message from NAR Treasurer Jim Helsel  NAR Treasurer Jim Helsel

In this month's Commercial Podcast, hear about the efforts of NAR leadership and commercial practitioners who continue to work on bringing more liquidity to commercial markets. Jim Helsel reports on ongoing visits to members of the House Financial Services Committee and updates from San Diego. To listen, click here.



2010 REALTORS® Commercial Alliance Forecast 
 
Nearly 300 local commercial real estate brokers and affiliated business leaders attended the annual RCA-KC Commercial Forecast in late October. To view photos from the event, and to access the presentation from Ross Moore, Executive VP and Director of Market and Economic Research for Colliers International, click here.


Commercial Real Estate Overview and Outlook 
 
NAR Economist George Ratiu provides an overview of current commercial market conditions and a glimpse ahead at 2010.

Commercial CE Continuing Education
 
Mark your calendar now for "Commercial Law & Disorder," scheduled for 9 a.m. on Thursday, February 4, 2010. 
 
This is an updated version of a course known in its previous life as "Standard of Care." With interesting new case studies, the instructor addresses representation issues, proper business practices and legal issues from a commercial practitioner's point of view. The instructor is Dan Sight, CCIM, Vice President of Reece Commercial. The course provides three hours of elective CE in Kansas and Missouri.
 
Students who have taken Dan Sight's other classes have noted these comments on evaluation forms:
 
"Best class I have taken in many years!"
"What a great class -- wonderful flow and interactive."
"Excellent instructor -- extremely knowledgeable, calm, humorous."
 
So mark your calendar now and go here to enroll online.
 

2009 Commercial Member Profile Released
 
Learn how REALTORS® are weathering the commercial market.
 

Access the report >
 

CommercialSource.com Commercialsource.com USE
 
Have you registered at CommercialSource.com, NAR's commercial real estate Web site? Post your properties for FREE.
 
 
 

Learn a lot without leaving your desk Webinars
 
RCA and Top Dogs Commercial Real Estate Training have several free educational opportunities scheduled through the end of the year. A quick way to learn a lot!
 
 
 

Happy Holidays from the Board of Directors
and staff at RCA-KC and KCRAR! Happy Holidays!

Please note our holiday hours: KCRAR offices will close at 1 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 24 and will be closed all day Friday, Dec. 25. We'll reopen for our normal business hours (8 a.m.
to 5 p.m.) on Monday, Dec. 28.

We'll also close at 1 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 31 and will be closed all day on Friday, Jan. 1, 2010.
The office will reopen at 8 a.m. Monday, Jan. 4.
 

    Thank you to our sponsors:
 
Stewart
 
 
 
 
Fry Wagner        
 CoStar